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A parent of another 11-year-old passenger, who does not want to be named, said the bus was filled with pupils from Alderbrook and Tudor Grange Schools when the incident happened.

Blossomfield Road, Solihull (Image: Google Maps)

She said her daughter had heard the man shouting before police arrived and evacuated the bus.

A spokeswoman for West Midlands Police said: “The boy was threatened with a knife during an attempted robbery on a bus in Solihull. He was threatened by three youths and told to hand over his bike, but they fled empty handed when his dad ran to his aid and fended off the attackers.

“He managed to call his father and moments later he boarded the bus on Blossomfield Road and managed to disarm one of the suspects who was holding a knife.